Single-molecule reaction and characterization by vibrational excitation

Y Kim, T Komeda, M Kawai - Physical review letters, 2002 - APS
Controlled chemical reaction of single trans-2-butene molecules on the Pd (110) surface
was realized by dosing tunneling electrons from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope …

Excitation of Molecular Vibrational Modes with Inelastic Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Processes: Examination through Action Spectra of cis-2-Butene on Pd(110)

Y Sainoo, Y Kim, T Okawa, T Komeda, H Shigekawa… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
Inelastically tunneled electrons from a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) were used to
induce vibrationally mediated motion of a single cis-2-butene molecule among four …

Insight into action spectroscopy for single molecule motion and reactions through inelastic electron tunneling

K Motobayashi, Y Kim, H Ueba, M Kawai - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
We propose a versatile formula that describes action spectra for vibrationally mediated
reactions of single molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope. Spectral fitting of the …

Action spectroscopy for single-molecule reactions–Experiments and theory

Y Kim, K Motobayashi, T Frederiksen, H Ueba… - Progress in Surface …, 2015 - Elsevier
We review several representative experimental results of action spectroscopy (AS) of single
molecules on metal surfaces using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) by M. Kawai's …

Local chemical reaction of benzene on Cu (110) via STM-induced excitation

T Komeda, Y Kim, Y Fujita, Y Sainoo… - The Journal of chemical …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We have investigated the mechanism of the chemical reaction of the benzene molecule
adsorbed on Cu (110) surface induced by the injection of tunneling electrons using …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic and vibrational excitation of single molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope

LJ Lauhon, W Ho - Surface science, 2000 - Elsevier
The electronic and vibrational excitations of single acetylene, pyridine, and benzene
molecules on Cu (001) were studied by scanning tunneling microscopy at 9K. Electrons of 0 …

Single-molecule vibrational spectroscopy and microscopy

BC Stipe, MA Rezaei, W Ho - Science, 1998 - science.org
Vibrational spectra for a single molecule adsorbed on a solid surface have been obtained
with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Inelastic electron tunneling spectra for an …

Picometer-scale electronic control of molecular dynamics inside a single molecule

M Lastapis, M Martin, D Riedel, L Hellner, G Comtet… - Science, 2005 - science.org
Tunneling electrons from a low-temperature (5 kelvin) scanning tunneling microscope were
used to control, through resonant electronic excitation, the molecular dynamics of an …

Chemical identification and manipulation of molecules by vibrational excitation via inelastic tunneling process with scanning tunneling microscopy

T Komeda - Progress in Surface science, 2005 - Elsevier
Recent studies of molecules on surface by the use of tunneling electrons of scanning
tunneling microscopy (STM) are reviewed. Characteristic features of tunneling current of …

Role of molecular orbitals near the Fermi level in the excitation of vibrational modes of a single molecule at a scanning tunneling microscope junction

M Ohara, Y Kim, S Yanagisawa, Y Morikawa, M Kawai - Physical review letters, 2008 - APS
Inelastically tunneled electrons from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope were used to
induce SS bond dissociation of a (CH 3 S) 2 and lateral hopping of a CH 3 S on Cu (111) at …